[StuM]

Originally Posted by Carac

For what it's worth, Car & Driver and Motor Trend did actual testing (instead of just quoting from the stat sheet like almost everyone else has) and both got 3.8sec 0-60...which is not the end-all-be-all of comparison points anyway.

We could get into a long discussion about how complaining about the i8's track performance is like throwing a pretty good (not great) college football player in the NFL and being surprised when he can't make it...but that would be silly. It's not meant for the track, it's meant for the road where you wouldn't be able to deplete the battery without severely breaking some traffic laws and negligently endangering people around you. Hence why not a single owner or publication has complained about lack of charge on the road, it just doesn't happen. CAR even said they charged the batteries back to their capacity in Sport after a couple 7/10ths laps on a track.

And as far as BMW goes, I've been "down" on them for nearly a decade. My family was THE prototypical BMW family growing up. My first car was a hand-me-down 6-year old 750iL. I learned to drive stick on a 850Ci. Others cars owned by the family included a 323i, the first X5 4.4i Sport in the state, a 745iL, a E46 M3 I drove for 10 years and 100k miles that was replaced with a loaded 2008 E90 M3 I drove for 6 months until I couldn't stand the lack of low-end torque any longer and traded it for a C63. I still have a E30 M3 and 2003 M5.

Why the history? Because the i8 is the first BMW I've truly been interested in since the E39 M5 went out of production. They still make good cars, it just feels like they're going through the motions. For nearly a decade BMW has been saying "I guess we need to make a new 3, 5, 7, etc-Series. What are Audi and Mercedes doing with theirs? Alright, let's just the same thing, but with a white/blue badge." The "big three" of German luxury are mostly playing monkey-see, monkey do. It's the most boring game of catch-up. I'm in "they've lost their way" camp and the i8 seems focused in a way they haven't been in a long time. It's not a lock-step move with their competition like everything else they make is. So while you're down on the i8, I'm down on everything else. The only other BMW on the horizon I plan on darkening the door for is the M2...and it better have some over-the-top fender flares. BMW i brought me back to the fold. The rest of the company still has work to do.

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[DoctaM3]

Given the Acura NSX, BMW has no choice now to come out with the hardcore version. I am totally up for it! Sign me up.

[ChiTownM]

Originally Posted by DoctaM3

Given the Acura NSX, BMW has no choice now to come out with the hardcore version. I am totally up for it! Sign me up.

I agree. Sign me up for it as long as it doesn't kill the appeal and value of the current i8 may be a better answer in my view (and hope).

[phoenixbmwlife]

Originally Posted by ChiTownM

I agree. Sign me up for it as long as it doesn't kill the appeal and value of the current i8 may be a better answer in my view (and hope).

It will probably be a lot better than the BMW i8 but I doubt it will kill appeal as the price point will most likely be so far apart.

[ericsi]

Nsx has just 2 seats and is pig ugly. Think of the 911, why did it last so long? To start with, it was such a neat package..

[JasH]

At double the price, it is competing with the F488. It would have to have the performance to match, if BMW want to play in that price range.

[Aye-eight]

Originally Posted by Adem1534

Yeah. Props to ford for making one of the most beautiful cars ever imagined.
In my opinion, it absolutely destroys the i8 in terms of looks. Actually, it destroys anything BMW makes right now.

Go America. Incredible.

That design is typical American: loud-mouthed, nothing more. (Note: this is about design, not people! I'm married to one of them.) Overdone in every department, with poorly hidden styling cues from i8, Alfa 4C, to name just a few. But I'm sure the Subaru WRC community will love it. Maybe it'll come with gold rims.

[Carac]

Sounds like it, the M8, and a couple other models got cancelled...which means the M1/8 project has been started and cancelled at least 5 times in the past decade now.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/05/01/ru...e-z2-roadster/

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/bm...els-95038.html

[Epirali]

Originally Posted by Carac

Sounds like it, the M8, and a couple other models got cancelled...which means the M1/8 project has been started and cancelled at least 5 times in the past decade now.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/05/01/ru...e-z2-roadster/

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/bm...els-95038.html

Boooooo!!!!!

Honestly didn't care much about i8s or "souped up" i8, I think it misses the point. Would have loved a smaller premium roadster...